Aaron Douglas Battlestar Galactica Interview with SFX

by Kell Harker

*SPOILERS* If you haven't watched the entire series of BSG this will contain major spoilers! Read at your own peril!

You’ll be in Nova Scotia this next October for HAL-CON. Have you visited the Maritimes before?

Douglas: “I’ve been to every single province. When I was 14 years old our family drove all the way from Vancouver to Newfoundland and back. I’ve been all across the great land of Canada. I absolutely love the Maritimes and I’m very excited to go back, particularly in the fall when it’s one of the most beautiful places on Earth.”

Because you’re a sci-fi cult favourite, do you attend a lot of conventions internationally?

Aaron Douglas: “I go to as many as I can, but sometimes it’s hard with my schedule. I love going to conventions and I love spending time with the fans, and going to parts of the world where I wouldn’t normally go. It’s fun doing the conventions and meeting people who love the show; just being able to hang out at the bar and have a beer with a fan and talk to them about football, and about Battlestar, and about life. That’s the really great part about being a sci-fi actor.”

What’s the strangest fan request that you’ve ever had?

Douglas: “Signing boobs is always up there. I’ve also had, ‘Hold this teddy bear and let me take a picture.’ You know, you get some fans who try to go out of their way to do something silly so that it’s memorable... but for the most part people are just interested in talking about the show with me. 99.99% of them are very sweet. Although I do know that the female actors get it much worse than I do. [Laugh] Yeah, no one wants to see my boobs.”

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